KCI Pure Gold and the benefits

Spiro great post! I agree with you. Im sorry I havent followed up on my post but I have been doing something I havent done for years- listening and not surfing the internet for opinions on a new upgrade to make it enjoyable again. I couldnt be happier now and rx8man I eargerly await your full opinion once you got more hours with them. Sounds like you are already having a similar opinion as I do.

So how are the listening sessions coming guys? i am continuing to enjoy some long fatigue free sessions and am loving it! The weight of instruments, inner detail and presentation continue to improve ever so slightly and I am sold on Pur gold- Highly Recommended!

Well this may be insane but I have started piecing together another system around of all things cables!! Im going minimalist with just a CD source, to power amps to Ohm Walshes. Breaking in the speakers but things are awesome right now with the staging of the Ohms + the stage of the Silkworms these little things produce an unbelievably huge soundstage. The detail and nounce of the Silkworms should help the not so detailed Ohms out a lot. We will see how the break in goes and Ive had dreams of a passive pre wired with Johns silkworms internally-- yum!

I knew these cables were something special! Great review John!Its rare to get all reviewers to chime in and do a full review of a product- even more special that they were all blown away!!

Well finally got my whole system as silkworms!- Im loving life!

Good to see this thread still going and I agree still with the comments of the Silkworm flat out musical rich in tone and I dont feel its missing anything in attack or detail. I have been using KCI cables exclusively now and received my digital cable. I find it very dynamic, detailed fast and crisp- just what I want on the front end. I have a green hornet and element to compare it with and while both of those are great cables the extra dynamics and transparency on the front end is my personal preference. I need more time with it but things are looking good.

As to the question about the Firefly I think it will fit your needs nicely. It is also a fine cable and I find it more Hi-Fiish with a lot of speed and detail. You dont have to worry about any harshness or splashiness but it just didnt have that last bit of organic tone color and flesh the silkworm has.

There is something about the intimacy and SET quality the silkworm presents that hooks me every time. Its hard to keep things in perspective when I am trying to do an honest cable comparison there is an unfair emotional aspect the silkworms have and I have to keep in mind that some tastes lead to absolute HiFi approach you are looking for.

Hmm just checking back on my previous thread, I think its fine that someone doesn't prefer them but I just cant get them to sound bad in the many systems I have tried them in. Also having a very early pair and a few much newer pair the newer ones are near production quality compared to the very early pair. I cant tell any difference in sound and John assures me all the materials are the same except for some additional strain relief tweeks and fancier emblems.
Also Bigkidz thats probably the best description I have seen of the sound and agree with you.

I have listened to the silkworms with the larger gauge gold but I did not think the subtle difference was worth the expense. I dont think John does either but he is willing to make them for guys that have to have the best. I think thats why there is so much praise for KCI because you really do get a ton for your money and if its not a big difference then they dont shame you or bait you to "upgrade" to feel like you have the lesser cable. He simply offers it as custom for customers that have those needs.
Also to the guy from the UK, I know a person that sold off his 2 Valhalla RCAs and bought all silkworms. I asked him if he liked them better or it just made financial sense he said a little of both and that if he was purchasing SOTA yearly to keep on the bleeding edge he might use the Nordost but he prefers KCI for the enjoyment on his very nice (and what I consider SOTA) system. He said he prefers the tone and musicallity instead of the absolute clinical. I respect that.

I too got the Digital DAC cable and it replaced the Green Hornet. Always stoked about the KCI cables. John has been talking about Speaker and PCs for a while- anybody have anything to report?